Starting with the Earth God, the path to immortality is deduced!

Dark as ink.

So thick it's almost impossible to separate.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang.

The last evil shrine hidden backstage at a theatrical troupe in the south of the city.

Collapsed suddenly.

Dust flew everywhere.

The last wisp of black mist clinging to the statue.

It let out a mournful wail.

It completely vanished into the world.

"The seventh one."

Ma Ling'er slung the Demon-Subduing Staff over her shoulder.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead without any regard for his image.

"I'm exhausted."

"Is this Wukong Sect a sect for rats?"

"How come holes can be drilled everywhere?"

Although he complained.

But the excitement in her eyes was impossible to hide.

The results of this night's battle.

That was quite magnificent.

Zhou Yuan stood on the ruins.

His robes fluttered in the wind.

Those dark gold eyes.

He surveyed the entire city of Fengzhou.

within sight.

The thick haze that originally shrouded the city.

It has indeed faded considerably at this moment.

Those black lines, like a malignant tumor clinging to the bone.

Break off.

Scattered.

That oppressive feeling that makes it hard to breathe.

It seems to be fading.

"Although I'm tired."

"But at least it's effective."

Ma Ling'er came closer.

He kicked a pebble on the ground.

"Old Zhou."

"You mean those guys from the Wukong Sect?"

"Are you crying in bed right now?"

"A carefully laid plan."

"We turned it upside down in one night."

Zhou Yuan did not laugh.

There was no reply.

His brow furrowed.

Instead, they wrinkled even more.

Something's not right.

"What's wrong?"

Ma Ling'er was taken aback.

"Isn't it all cleaned up now?"

"Look, the moon in the sky looks much brighter."

Zhou Yuan shook his head.

His expression was solemn.

"It went too smoothly."

"It went smoothly..."

"It's like they're deliberately making way for each other."

"and."

Zhou Yuan squatted down.

He gently picked up a clump of soil from the ground with his fingers.

That was land that had just been purified by divine power.

It should have been full of life.

now.

Yet it exuded an eerie dark red hue.

"Look at this soil."

"It's still hot."

"It's not the kind of heat you get after being in the sun."

"It is a kind of..."

"It's like having a fever, so hot and restless."

Ma Ling'er isn't stupid either.

He instantly dropped his playful grin.

"you mean……"

"Is it not over yet?"

Before he could finish speaking...

A sudden change has occurred!

"ah--!!!"

A heart-wrenching scream.

It shattered the tranquility of the long night.

That sound.

It wasn't a ghost crying.

It wasn't a wolf howling.

It's people!

They are living, breathing people!

The sound was incredibly mournful.

It was as if they were being subjected to some kind of torture, slow slicing.

"To the east!"

Zhou Yuan suddenly looked up.

His eyes suddenly gleamed.

"Walk!"

No nonsense.

He took a step forward.

The laws of earth flow.

His figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

Shrinking the earth to an inch!

Ma Ling'er was no slouch either.

I took a picture of myself with the Divine Speed ​​Talisman.

Followed by.

The place the two arrived at.

It is an old street in the east of the city.

On ordinary days.

The people living here are mostly law-abiding small vendors.

at this time.

It should have been completely silent.

Or it could be loud snoring.

But now.

The whole street was in complete chaos!

"Help!"

"Murder!"

"Old Zhang has gone mad!"

Cries and screams.

Cries for help.

One after another.

By the dim light of the lanterns.

Zhou Yuan witnessed a horrifying scene.

A middle-aged man who usually looks honest and unassuming.

He was riding on a woman at that moment.

The woman.

She was his wife of many years!

But where is the last shred of humanity in this man now?

His eyes were bloodshot.

The eyeballs bulge outwards.

It looked like it could explode at any moment.

It let out a series of low, beast-like growls.

Saliva mixed with fresh blood.

It dripped down the corner of my mouth.

"roar!"

He opened his mouth.

He revealed a set of teeth stained red.

He bit down hard on his wife's neck!

"stop!"

Ma Ling'er's eyes widened in horror.

He flicked the demon-subduing staff in his hand.

A bolt of lightning shot out.

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

"Thunder Magic!"

"go!"

boom!

The lightning struck the man squarely in the back.

If it is an ordinary evil spirit.

This time.

Even if you don't die, you'll be badly injured.

But the man only trembled slightly.

The movement paused slightly.

Followed by.

He turned his head abruptly.

He stared intently at Ma Ling'er.

That look in his eyes.

It was filled with violence, bloodlust, and madness.

There is absolutely no reason involved!

"roar!"

He actually abandoned the wife beneath him.

Use both hands and feet.

Like a giant spider.

In an extremely bizarre posture.

He pounced on Ma Ling'er!

fast.

This is absolutely unbelievable!

"Is this even human?!"

Ma Ling'er was startled.

This power.

This speed.

They're even more ferocious than regular zombies!

"Certainly!"

Just as the man was about to pounce on Ma Ling'er.

A cold word.

It exploded in the air.

Zhou Yuan made his move.

He pressed down in the air with one hand.

A powerful force of the earth.

In an instant, it turned into invisible shackles.

They pinned the man to the ground.

"Uh...ah..."

The man struggled desperately.

His limbs scratched bloody marks on the bluestone slab.

Nails curling up.

Blood was everywhere.

But he seemed not to feel any pain.

It still desperately wanted to bite.

"This is……"

Ma Ling'er approached with lingering fear.

"Did we bump into each other?"

"Or is he possessed by an evil spirit?"

She took out an exorcism talisman.

With a snap.

It was stuck on the man's forehead.

If it is possessed by an evil spirit.

The talisman is pasted on.

Black smoke will immediately appear.

Even evil spirits will scream as they leave the body.

however.

The talisman was pasted on.

No response.

The man was still roaring.

He even tried to headbutt Zhou Yuan.

"It didn't work?"

Ma Ling'er was dumbfounded.

"Isn't this possession by a ghost?"

"It's not a ghost."

Zhou Yuan squatted down.

Extend one finger.

It was placed on the man's forehead.

Divine Eyes of Insight!

hum!

In his field of vision.

This man's body.

There were no foreign souls involved.

Although his three souls and seven spirits are still there.

But it seemed to have been contaminated by something.

The three souls, originally clear and bright.

At this moment, wisps of dark red mist swirled around it.

These fogs.

It's like a living insect.

It was frantically gnawing at his sanity.

It stimulated his nerves.

In his mind.

Only one thought remained.

Slaughter!

destroy!

destroy!

"This is... corruption!"

Zhou Yuan's expression changed.

"Inside him."

"There is an extremely evil aura about it."

"He's energizing and spiriting."

"Transformed into malevolent energy!"

"If we don't stop it."

"In less than half an hour."

"He will die from exhaustion."

"or……"

"To become a walking corpse that only knows how to kill!"

"So poisonous?!"

Ma Ling'er gasped.

"This Wukong Cult is utterly despicable!"

"Let them deal with us."

"What kind of skill is it to attack these unarmed civilians?"

"Help!"

Zhou Yuan didn't waste any words.

With a flick of the wrist.

An old-fashioned bronze oil lamp.

It appears in the palm of your hand.

Blue Ghost Lamp!

"go!"

A tiny, green flame, no bigger than a bean.

It landed lightly on the man's brow.

This flame.

Do not burn the flesh.

Only burn evil spirits.

"Sizzle sizzle..."

As the blue flames entered his body.

The man's body emitted sounds like lard dripping into a fire.

Wisps of foul-smelling black smoke.

It emerged from his seven orifices.

The man's struggle.

It finally started to weaken.

Bloodshot eyes.

A sliver of clarity gradually returned.

"I am... what's wrong...?"

He murmured weakly.

My whole body felt like it was falling apart.

He collapsed to the ground.

"My husband!"

The woman next to her cried out and rushed over.

"It's alright now."

Zhou Yuan retrieved the Azure Lamp.

A fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

This is evil.

Too stubborn!

Even if it's a blue ghost lamp.

Purify this person.

It also consumed a lot of his divine power.

"call……"

Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Before he could even stand up straight...

far away.

Another scream rang out.

Followed by.

It is the second tone.

Third tone!

The entire East Street.

Even the neighboring West Street.

Everything's starting to get chaotic!

"Damn it!"

Zhou Yuan suddenly turned around.

Looking at the rising and falling flames and the chaos.

My heart sank to the bottom.

"More than one!"

"This is a plague!"

Ma Ling'er panicked too.

"Old Zhou."

"What should we do?"

Even if we work ourselves to death.

"It's impossible to save them all one by one!"

"How many people must have been infected?"

call out!

Just then.

A golden light streaked across the sky.

They headed straight for Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan reached out and grabbed.

It was a golden talisman.

It has a small sword drawn on it.

This is Uncle Liu's communication talisman!

Divine sense probed in.

Uncle Liu's anxious voice.

It exploded in my mind.

"Xiao Yuan!"

"Be careful!"

"This is the Voidless Sect's trump card—the Heart-Eating Gu!"

"This is no ordinary poison!"

"This is a poisonous concoction made from countless resentments and evil energy!"

"Colorless and odorless!"

"The incubation period is extremely long!"

"Once it breaks out."

"Those afflicted by the curse will lose their reason."

"Turn into a bloodthirsty beast!"

"and……"

"This stuff is contagious!"

"People who have been bitten or scratched."

"You can also be bewitched!"

"Whatever you do, don't let them gather together!"

"Remember this!"

"Remember this!"

After listening to Uncle Liu's words.

Zhou Yuan's expression.

It's become extremely difficult to see.

"Heart-Eating Gu..."

"Gu poison?"

Ma Ling'er, who was standing next to her, heard this word.

His brows furrowed instantly.

"insanity?"

"This is something from southern Xinjiang."

"How could the Wukong Sect exist?"

"and."

"Most Gu poisons target the physical body."

"This directly targets the mind."

"A Gu that can spread like a plague."

"I've only read a few words about it in my family's ancient books."

"This is simply..."

"A man-made devil!"

Ma Ling'er took out a bottle of pills from her bosom.

Pour one out and put it in your mouth.

He handed another one to Zhou Yuan.

"This is the Ma family's 'Tranquilizing Pill'."

"Although it can't cure the poison."

"But it can at least offer some protection."

"This Heart-Eating Gu is too insidious."

"It's going to destroy all the people in this city!"

at this time.

The streets are in complete chaos.

Flames shot into the sky.

The shouts of battle were deafening.

Those mad people.

It bites anyone it sees.

The person who was bitten.

Not long after.

Their eyes will also turn bloodshot.

Join the frenzied group.

This scene.

It was like hell on earth!

"no."

"This can't go on."

Zhou Yuan looked at those distorted faces.

Those are his people!

They were the people of Fengzhou whom he had sworn to protect!

As the god of the land.

Watching his own people kill one another.

This feeling.

It's worse than killing him!

"system!"

"Strange Tales of the Supernatural!"

Zhou Yuan roared inwardly.

An old-fashioned book.

It churned wildly in his mind.

"Since it's an evil spirit..."

"There's nothing you can't solve!"

"Deduction!"

"Deduce the cure for this Heart-Eating Gu!"

Splash!

The pages of the book are turned.

The yin energy that was originally stored.

That was after the Phantom Spirit was sacrificed.

And the savings I've accumulated over the past few days.

now.

It's burning at an alarming rate!

[Evil source detected: Heart-Eating Gu (mutant)]

[Analyzing the pharmacology...]

[We are currently devising a method to counteract this...]

[Consuming Yin Energy: Ten years... Twenty years... Thirty years...]

Zhou Yuan's heart was bleeding.

This is his rations for upgrading!

But now.

I can't worry about that anymore!

"burn!"

"As long as it can save lives."

"Burn them all!"

boom!

Within the sea of ​​consciousness.

It was as if a thunderclap had exploded.

As the last bit of yin energy was exhausted.

On those originally blank pages.

Two complex golden runes appeared.

There is also a mysterious array diagram.

[Deduction successful!]

[Obtained: Purifying Mind and Dispelling Illusions Talisman (Rune)]

[Obtained: Six Harmonies Evil-Repelling Formation (Formation)]

[Purifying Heart and Dispelling Illusions Talisman: Within the area covered by this talisman, it can suppress and eradicate the Heart-Corroding Poison, restoring sanity.]

[Six Harmonies Evil-Repelling Formation: Based on this formation, the power of the runes can be spread throughout the entire city, forming a purifying barrier.]

"It's done!"

Zhou Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

A glint of wild joy flashed in his eyes.

But then...

Another wave of helplessness washed over me.

The runes are there.

The formation is complete.

But he was alone.

How could it be possible in such a short time?

Should we draw these runes all over the city?

"etc……"

"I can't do it alone."

"But I have connections!"

Zhou Yuan suddenly turned his head.

Look towards the direction of the Chengnan Yizhuang (mortuary).

"Uncle Wang!"

"Those old buddies from the mortuary!"

"Although they are not monks."

"But I deal with dead people all year round."

"He has a lot of yin energy on him."

"It's perfect as a vessel for this rune!"

Thinking about this...

Zhou Yuan no longer hesitated.

He directly pulled out the Earth God Seal.

"Divine Seal Transmission!"

"Uncle Wang!"

"Wake up!"

"Something terrible has happened!"

"Summon all the local deities of the mortuary immediately!"

"Bring your equipment."

"Even the levers used to carry the coffin."

"It's still a cinnabar pen for drawing talismans."

"Take them all with you!"

"Let's meet in the square in the city center!"

……

After an incense stick has burned.

City center square.

More than thirty people were dressed in coarse linen clothes.

A man whose body reeked of earth and the stench of corpses.

They stood there neatly and orderly.

The leader.

It was none other than the one-armed Uncle Wang.

Although they all looked somewhat disheveled.

Some of them didn't even have their shoes on properly.

But at the moment.

In their eyes.

There was not the slightest fear.

He only has a fierce determination.

"Young Master Zhou."

"Go ahead and say it."

"How do we do it?"

Uncle Wang tucked his pipe into his waistband.

He was carrying a pig-slaughtering knife.

"Those damned Wukong Cult members."

"They've gone too far in bullying us."

"Although we are lowly, unsavory people."

"But they also know how to protect their own!"

"This Fengzhou City."

"This is our home too!"

Zhou Yuan looked at the group of men.

A warm feeling welled up in my heart.

These are the people at the very bottom of the world.

People usually look down on them.

Being disliked by others is considered unlucky.

But when it came to the crucial moment...

They are tougher than anyone else!

"good!"

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath.

Fingers make abstract drawings in the air.

The newly derived "Purifying the Mind and Dispelling Delusions Talisman".

It floated in the air, shimmering with golden light.

"Uncle Wang."

"This talisman."

"Did you see it clearly?"

"I don't aim for it to be beautiful."

"As long as it looks similar, it'll be fine!"

"I want you all."

"Hold the cinnabar."

"Holding black dog blood."

"Holding rooster blood."

"Go to every well in the city."

"Every street corner."

"Draw this talisman on it for me!"

"After finishing the drawing."

"This talismanic water."

"Pour it down!"

"Force-feed any crazy person you see!"

"Is it possible?"